“LOL”

Posted by danleone on February 4th, 2008 filed in funny

Anyone over the age of three (but under the age of me) knows that LOL is the internent abbreviation for “Laughing out Loud.” There are a whole slew of these abbreviations which makes chatting and IM’ing even that much more impersonal. But in an age where the thumb is mightier than the pen, I can understand the necessity.

Everyone knows:

ROFLMAO

BRB

AFAIAC

AFK

HTH

IMHO

OMG 

But I have a confession for both of you. Today, in a normal 3-dimensional-land conversation, I said “LOL!” Yup, I said, “Ell-Oh-Ell” when someone said a joke. I said it out loud.  The worse part of it was, the person I said it to, did not know what LOL meant. She asked me what I just said. I repeated it, embarrassed, and she still had no idea.

Question for BoMR: Do you have a favorite internet abbreviation? 

What is funny is that when I worked on the ambulance, we used a ton of abbreviations (this was in the day when the daily newspaper was the internet). My favorite was: LOLFDGB (Little Old Lady, Fall Down, Go Boom)

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15 Responses to ““LOL””

  1. paisley Says:
    February 4th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    AFAIAC
    AFK
    HTH
    IMHO

    wow.. i don’t even know what these mean… i don’t text message or chat… maybe that is why… but do tell…….

  2. danleone Says:
    February 4th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    Hello Paisley:

    AFAIAC – As far as I am concerned
    AFK – Away from keyboard
    HTH – Hope this helps
    IMHO – In my humble opinion

  3. Lyssa Ireland Thomas Says:
    February 4th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

    Hilarious, Dan! I’m going to remember LOLFDGB because I’m probably going to need it in the near future.

    My favorite work abbreviation? I can only remember one – NBG. That’s Nachos Bell Grande for you non-Taco Bellers!

  4. Mr Lady Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 12:40 am

    I only know what three on your list mean; four, if that one really does mean “I’m a ho.”

  5. lilacspecs Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 5:45 am

    I play an MMORPG that’s pirate themed and some words and abbreviations are filtered and made piratey.

    If you type OMG it filters into “billions of blistering blue barnacles” and this can be lengthy so players started using ZOMG to avoid the filter.

    That’s my favorite and yes I believe I may have used it out loud a few times. It comes out sort of like “zohmagod” when I say it.

  6. Ivy Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 9:43 am

    I use wth and wtf alot more than I should..

  7. Mahala Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 11:22 am

    FUBAR

  8. bmgmom Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    I would have to pick IMHO.

    (although FUBAR is pretty good, but something I would never actually say)

  9. meleah rebeccah Says:
    February 6th, 2008 at 9:35 am

    I have NO IDEA what HALF of those initials stand for.

  10. jodi Says:
    February 6th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    PBIAB

    LUIF

    idk-we say that in our house A LOT!

    and any others pretty much stump me…

  11. ender Says:
    February 7th, 2008 at 4:50 am

    oh my … i read this to my other half who NEVER actually laughs at internet funnies … but she liked this one a lot … particularly LOLFDGB.

    as a teen, i drove my mom crazy saying WPM instead of words per minute … have no idea why that bothered her so, but apparently i was practicing for the day when the internet would be a part of daily life instead of the one character at a time crapola of the c-64 message boards.

  12. gogreeneasy Says:
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    LOL??~ZOMG!
    One of these days (hopefully soon) I will actually site down and memorized them all (I need a list~!) Its like going back to school, but hey learning something new will help prevent Alzheimers!

  13. Avery Says:
    February 8th, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    You can use abbreviations on the internet?! What a time saver! ;o)

  14. Kristina Says:
    February 10th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    OMG LMFAO!! I can’t believe you actually said that out load!

    xoxo

  15. Deb (Missives From Suburbia) Says:
    February 15th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    Interesting. An acronym has so thoroughly taken over your brain that it takes the place of the action it is acronyming in the first place. (Yes, I know “acronyming” is not really a word.)

    I honestly LOL’ed at that one. And you know I don’t really LOL very often.

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